Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) atripes Smith

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H., 2014, The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille), Zootaxa 3830 (1), pp. 1-89 : 45

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scientific name	Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) atripes Smith
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34. Bombus ( Thoracobombus) atripes Smith View in CoL

( Figs 70, 71 View FIGURES 70 – 71. 70 )

Bombus atripes Smith, 1852a:44 View in CoL .

Material examined. 11 workers (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only in the Qin-Ba mountains in southern Shaanxi. Rare at low to medium elevations of the Changqing nature reserve of the Qinling mountains, and at low elevations of the Micangshan mountains in southern Shaanxi. 7 localities ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 70 – 71. 70 ) between 272–1137 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its brown colour pattern to B. pascuorum , schrencki , B. hedini and B. tricornis (see the key; Figs 55 View FIGURES 54 – 55. 54 , 57 View FIGURES 56 – 57. 56 , 59, 69, 71).

Distribution in China. Chongqing, Shaanxi (IAB).

Forage plants. ARALIACEAE : Aralia chinensis ; LYTHRACEAE : Lagerstroemia indica ; SAXIFRAGACEAE : Astilbe chinensis .